Meanings
adjectivelip-deep (not comparable)
- not comparableSpoken or claimed but not actually believed; insincere.
Let us bring no more vain oblations, nor the empty formality of a lip-deep service.
1870, Edward Garbett, The Soul's Life: Its Commencement, Progress and Maturity, page 115
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